Woven for the Master’s Use

Last summer, I returned to my large rose bed after two growing seasons of neglect. A shoulder injury and the surgery that followed had kept me from tending it. The roses were still alive, but the grass had spread everywhere. As I knelt in the dirt pulling weeds, I...

Submission

Society says a woman should never submit. She should guard her independence, protect her voice, and answer no one. But Scripture does not present submission as weakness. It presents it as part of a design that flourishes when both husband and wife honor their...

As White As Snow

I love snow. There is something breathtaking about freshly fallen snow. Before the sun rises and before footprints disturb its surface, the earth lies covered in a blanket of pure white. Rusted fences disappear. Muddy ditches are hidden. Trash along the roadside...

God Uses Nobodies

A Devotion from Jedidiah Matthews in When God Leads In When God Leads, Book 3 of my When Series, Jedidiah Matthews stands before a room of men to lead a devotion. His hands tremble as he opens his notebook. His voice feels small at first. But the truth he shares is...